The Cambridge directory

The Cambridge directory (W.A. Greenough,, 1900), vol. 1900. archive.org, cambridgedirecto1900unse. https://archive.org/details/cambridgedirecto1900unse.

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Names 2 people on 2 scan pages; 1 has a record here.

Emerson, Elijah scan page 227, line 52
Swain, Samuel H scan page 537, line 9

Record details

Kind: Trade directory or catalogue
Title: The Cambridge directory
Publisher: W.A. Greenough,
Date: 1900
Volume: 1900
Repository: archive.org
Identifier: cambridgedirecto1900unse
Rights: Public domain
Rights basis: published in 1900, before 1930, so the 95-year US copyright term has run. Derived by machine on 2026-08-20 from the year this record already states, corroborated by the year the repository identifier "cambridgedirecto1900unse" carries. The volume's title page has not been read by a person.

What rests on this source

Emerson, Elijah draft
Swain, Samuel H worked

Everyone this source names

This document prints 2 names. A name found this way is the weakest thing this site records: the book names the person, and nothing more is said. It is not a line in a record — the lines that actually rest on this source are listed above, each with its own confidence. 2 of the names below reach a record on this site; lines from this source have been written for 1. The rest are names and nothing else — which is an honest description of the evidence, and an invitation: if you know one of these makers, we want to hear from you.

Swain, Samuel H scan page 537, line 9 claim written
" Samuel H. wood worker and violin repairer, r. 744 Main, h. 168 Western av. — trade term as printed: "violin repairer" — surname inherited from the headword at line 5: "Swain Augustus C. real estate, 53 Ames bldg. B. h. 40 Arlington" — from OCR (read_as: ocr)
Emerson, Elijah scan page 227, line 52 draft record

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Chicago (note)“The Cambridge directory,” Bow & Bridge, last modified 18 August 2026, https://bowandbridge.com/sources/the-cambridge-directory-1900/ (accessed 20 September 2026).

Chicago (bibliography)Bow & Bridge. “The Cambridge directory.” Last modified 18 August 2026. https://bowandbridge.com/sources/the-cambridge-directory-1900/.

MLA 9“The Cambridge directory.” Bow & Bridge, 18 Aug. 2026, bowandbridge.com/sources/the-cambridge-directory-1900/. Accessed 20 Sept. 2026.

APA 7Bow & Bridge. (2026, August 18). The Cambridge directory. Retrieved September 20, 2026, from https://bowandbridge.com/sources/the-cambridge-directory-1900/

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